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- the present disclosure relates to a breaker.
- Breaker is an important component in a contactor and the like, the breaker includes a movable contact and a stationary contact, the movable contact moves to contact and disconnect with the stationary contact to control the on and off of a circuit.
- an electric arc may be generated, and a device for guiding and extinguishing the electric arc needs to be provided. Further, it is needed to optimize the position, shape and orientation of these devices to improve the arc extinguishing performance.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a breaker, which includes: a first stationary contact, including a first stationary contact portion; a movable contact, including a first movable contact portion; an actuating member, connected to the movable contact to actuate the movable contact to move in a first direction between an open position and a closed position, at the open position, the first movable contact portion being spaced apart from the first stationary contact portion, at the closed portion, the first movable contact portion being in contact with the first stationary contact portion; a first arc extinguishing device, including a plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets; a first arc running piece, extending from a first arc running end portion of the first arc running piece arranged adjacent to the first stationary contact portion through the first arc extinguishing device to a second arc running end portion of the first arc running piece, to guide an electric arc from the first stationary contact to the first arc extinguishing device; and an arc guiding piece including
- the breaker further includes: a housing, completely accommodating the movable contact, the first arc extinguishing device, the first arc running piece and the arc guiding piece, and accommodating at least a part of the actuating member and the first stationary contact.
- the actuating member extends to an outside of the housing in the first direction
- the first stationary contact extends to the outside of the housing in the second direction.
- the plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets are spaced apart in the second direction, and extend into sheets in the first direction and a third direction, the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.
- Each of the arc extinguishing grid sheets is provided with a notch.
- the first arc running piece extends from the first arc running end portion to the second arc running end portion and extends away from the first stationary contact portion in both the first direction and the second direction, and the first arc running piece extends through notches of the plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets.
- the first arc running piece is rounded L-shaped.
- the first arc running end portion is welded to a free end of the first stationary contact close to the first stationary contact portion.
- the first movable contact portion and the first stationary contact portion are both flat surfaces, and a distance between the first arc running piece and the arc guiding piece is the shortest in the first direction. In the first direction, the distance between the first arc running piece and the arc guiding piece is approximately equal to a distance between the first movable contact portion and the first stationary contact portion upon the movable contact being at the open position.
- a shortest distance between the movable contact and the first arc guiding section is approximately equal to a shortest distance between the first arc guiding section and the arc extinguishing grid sheets.
- the first movable contact portion is a flat surface. Upon the movable contact being at the open position, the first movable contact portion is closer to the first stationary contact than the arc guiding piece in the first direction, and upon the movable contact being at the open position, a shortest distance between the first movable contact portion and the arc guiding piece in the first direction is approximately equal to a shortest distance between the movable contact and the first arc guiding section in the second direction.
- the first stationary contact includes a first parallel section, a second parallel section, and a contact curved section connecting the first parallel section and the second parallel section.
- the first parallel section extends in the housing in the second direction
- the second parallel section extends out of the housing in the second direction.
- the first stationary contact portion is arranged on the first parallel section of the first stationary contact.
- the breaker further includes a first magnetic resistance piece.
- the first magnetic resistance piece is positioned between the first parallel section and the second parallel section of the first stationary contact in the first direction.
- the first magnetic resistance piece extends in the second direction and is spaced apart from the first parallel section by a distance of less than 0.5 mm in the first direction.
- the breaker further includes: a second stationary contact, including a second stationary contact portion; a second arc extinguishing device; and a second arc running piece configured to guide an electric arc from the second stationary contact to the second arc extinguishing device.
- the movable contact further includes a second movable contact portion, at the open position, the second movable contact portion being spaced apart from the second stationary contact portion, and at the closed position, the second movable contact portion being in contact with the second stationary contact portion contact.
- the arc guiding piece further includes a second arc guiding section extending in the first direction, the second arc guiding section being configured to guide an electric arc from the movable contact to the second arc extinguishing device.
- the first stationary contact and the second stationary contact, the movable contact, the first arc running piece and the second arc running piece, the arc guiding piece, the first arc extinguishing device and the second arc extinguishing device are in mirror arrangement with respect to an axis in the first direction.
- the arc guiding piece, the movable contact and the actuating member are formed to be axisymmetric.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a contactor, which includes the abovementioned breaker.
- FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a breaker according to an embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 2 shows an internal plan view of a breaker according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in which a second half shell of the breaker is not shown to show the internal configuration of the breaker;
- FIG. 3 shows an enlarged view of a part of the dotted line box A-A in FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 4 shows an enlarged view at a first magnetic resistance piece and a first parallel section of a first stationary contact in FIG. 2 .
- At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a breaker, which includes: a first stationary contact including a first stationary contact portion; a movable contact including a first movable contact portion; an actuating member connected to the movable contact to actuate the movable contact in a first direction to move between an open position and a closed position, at the open position, the first movable contact portion being spaced apart from the first stationary contact portion, at the closed position, the first movable contact portion being in contact with the first stationary contact portion; a first arc extinguishing device includes a plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets; a first arc running piece extending from a first arc running end portion of the first arc running piece arranged adjacent to the first stationary contact portion through the first arc extinguishing device to a second arc running end portion of the first arc running piece, to guide an electric arc from the first stationary contact to the first arc extinguishing device; an arc guiding piece including a first arc
- the arc extinguishing performance of the breaker is improved by reasonably configuring the positions, orientations, and the like of various components in the breaker.
- the breaker has a compact structure and small occupied volume.
- FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a breaker according to the present disclosure, which shows the appearance of the breaker.
- FIG. 2 shows an internal plan view of a breaker according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the breaker includes a housing 190 , a contact assembly, an actuating member 130 , arc extinguishing devices 140 , 140 ′, arc running pieces 180 , 180 ′, an arc guiding piece 150 and magnetic resistance pieces 160 , 160 ′.
- the housing 190 includes a first half shell 191 and a second half shell 192 .
- the housing 190 is used to accommodate the contact assembly, the actuating member 130 , the arc extinguishing devices 140 , 140 ′, the arc running pieces 180 , 180 ′, the arc guiding piece 150 and the magnetic resistance pieces 160 , 160 ′.
- FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the interior of the breaker, in which the second half shell 192 is removed to show the interior of the breaker. Referring to FIG.
- a first direction X up-down direction in the figure
- a second direction Y left-right direction in the figure
- a third direction Z direction perpendicular to the paper surface in the figure
- the contact assembly includes one first stationary contact 110 , one second stationary contact 110 ′ and one movable contact 120 .
- the first stationary contact 110 includes a first stationary contact portion 114 (or a first stationary contact point)
- the second stationary contact 110 ′ includes a second stationary contact portion 115 (or a second stationary contact point)
- the movable contact 120 includes a first movable contact portion 121 (or a first movable contact point) corresponding to the first stationary contact portion 114 and a second movable contact portion 122 (or a second movable contact point) corresponding to the second stationary contact portion 115 .
- first stationary contact portion 114 , the second stationary contact portion 115 , the first movable contact portion 121 and the second movable contact portion 122 are all flat surfaces, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
- the first stationary contact portion 114 and the first movable contact portion 121 constitute a first group of contact portions
- the second stationary contact portion 115 and the second movable contact portion 122 constitute a second group of contact portions.
- the first stationary contact portion 114 and the first movable contact portion 121 face each other in the first direction X
- the second stationary contact portion 115 and the second movable contact portion 122 face each other in the first direction X.
- the first stationary contact 110 and the second stationary contact 110 ′ are J-shaped, which generally extend in the second direction Y, and a part of each of the first stationary contact 110 and the second stationary contact 110 ′ oppositely extends out of the housing 190 in the second direction Y, thereby allowing an external circuit to be electrically connected to the two stationary contacts 110 , 110 ′.
- the movable contact 120 extends in the second direction Y, and the first movable contact portion 121 and the second movable contact portion 122 are located at both ends of the movable contact 120 .
- the movable contact 120 may include a movable contact body and an iron cap.
- the actuating member 130 passes through an opening in the middle of the movable contact 120 and is fixedly connected to the movable contact 120 , and the actuating member 130 moves in the first direction X to actuate the movable contact 120 to move between an open position (referring to FIG. 2 , for example) and a closed position in the first direction X.
- a part of the actuating member 130 extends upward out of the housing 190 in the first direction X.
- the breaker also includes guide members 171 , 172 , which include a first guide member 171 and a second guide member 172 , which are spaced apart by a distance in the first direction X.
- the second guide member 172 is disposed at an opening of the housing 190 , and the actuating member 130 extends out of the housing 190 through the opening.
- the first guide member 171 is disposed below the movable contact 120 .
- the movable contact 120 is positioned between the first guide member 171 and the second guide member 172 .
- the first movable contact portion 121 of the movable contact 120 is in contact with the first stationary contact portion 114 of the first stationary contact 110 to form electric connection
- the second movable contact portion 122 of the movable contact 120 is in contact with the second stationary contact portion 122 of the second stationary contact 110 ′ to form electric connection, so as to turn-on a current path from the first stationary contact 110 to the second stationary contact 110 ′ through the movable contact 120 .
- the first movable contact portion 121 of the movable contact 120 is spaced apart from the first stationary contact portion 114 of the first stationary contact 110 for insulation, and the second movable contact portion 122 of the movable contact 120 is spaced apart from the second stationary contact portion 115 of the second stationary contact 110 ′ for insulation.
- the current path from the first stationary contact 110 to the second stationary contact 110 ′ through the movable contact 120 is turned-off.
- an electric arc may be generated between the first movable contact portion 121 and the first stationary contact portion 114 and the second movable contact portion 122 and the second stationary contact portion 115 . Therefore, it is needed to provide a device for guiding and extinguishing the electric arc to guide the generated electric arc away from the stationary contacts 110 , 110 ′ and the movable contacts 120 and extinguish the electric arc, so as to prevent the ablation and potential safety hazard of components such as the stationary contacts 110 , 110 ′ and the movable contacts 120 .
- the arc extinguishing devices 140 , 140 ′, the arc guiding piece 150 and the arc running pieces 180 , 180 ′ are provided to guide and extinguish the electric arc.
- the breaker becomes compact, for example, fully occupies the space volume, and the arc extinguishing performance is improved, for example, the arc dead time is reduced, the arc blowing performance is improved and the arc zero crossing times is reduced.
- the arc extinguishing devices 140 , 140 ′ include a first arc extinguishing device 140 and a second arc extinguishing device 140 ′, which are respectively used for the above-mentioned first group of contact portions and second group of contact portions.
- the arc running pieces 180 , 180 ′ include a first arc running piece 180 and a second arc running piece 180 ′, which are respectively used for the above-mentioned first group of contact portions and second group of contact portions.
- the magnetic resistance pieces 160 , 160 ′ include a first magnetic resistance piece 160 and a second magnetic resistance piece 160 ′, which are respectively used for the abovementioned first group of contact portions and second group of contact portions.
- the actuating member 130 and the arc guiding piece 150 are commonly used by the above-mentioned first group of contact portions and second group of contact portions.
- first stationary contact 110 and the second stationary contact 110 ′, the movable contact 120 , the first arc running piece 180 and the second arc running pieces 180 ′, the arc guiding piece 150 , the first arc extinguishing device 140 and the second arc extinguishing device 140 ′, and the first magnetic resistance piece 160 and the second magnetic resistance pieces 160 ′ are in mirror arrangement with respect to the axis in the first direction X.
- the arc guiding piece 150 , the movable contact 120 and the actuating member 130 are formed to be axisymmetric, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
- the contact assembly only includes one stationary contact (e.g., the first stationary contact 110 ) and one movable contact 120 , and a current path is turned-on and turned-off through the contact and separation between the movable contact 120 and the stationary contact 110 .
- the movable contact 120 extends out of the housing 190 to electrically connect with one end of an external circuit
- the stationary contact 110 extends out of the housing 190 to electrically connect with the other end of the external circuit.
- the case where the breaker has a symmetrical form is taken as an example to describe the breaker according to the present disclosure.
- first stationary contact 110 and the second stationary contact 110 ′ may be approximately the same, the first arc running piece 180 and the second arc running piece 180 ′ may be approximately the same, and the first arc extinguishing device 140 and the second arc extinguishing device 140 ′ may be approximately the same.
- first stationary contact 110 the first arc running piece 180 , the first arc extinguishing device 140 and the first magnetic resistance piece 160 will be described in detail below, and the descriptions of the first stationary contact 110 , the first arc running piece 180 , the first arc running piece 140 and the first magnetic resistance piece 160 can also be applied to the second stationary contact 110 ′, the second arc running piece 180 ′ and the second arc extinguishing device 140 , respectively.
- the first arc extinguishing device 140 includes a plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets 141 .
- the first arc extinguishing device 140 includes six arc extinguishing grid sheets 141 , which may be other numbers, such as less than five or more than seven.
- the arc extinguishing grid sheets 141 are spaced apart from each other in the second direction Y, and extend in sheet shapes in the first direction X and the third direction Z. Due to the orientation of the first arc extinguishing device 140 , the volume of the breaker is reduced and the arrangement of various components of the breaker is more compact.
- the second arc extinguishing device 140 ′ includes a plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets arranged spaced apart from each other in the second direction Y.
- the first arc running piece 180 is used to guide the electric arc from the first stationary contact 110 to the first arc extinguishing device 140 .
- the first arc running piece 180 has a rounded L-shape, and includes a first arm portion 181 having a first arc running end portion extending in the second direction Y, a second arm portion 182 having a second arc running end portion extending in the first direction X, and a curved connecting portion 183 connecting the first arm portion and the second arm portion.
- the first arc running end portion is disposed adjacent to the first stationary contact 110 .
- the first arc running end portion is welded to a free end of the first stationary contact 110 close to the first stationary contact portion 114 . Therefore, the arc guiding performance of the arc running piece can be enhanced.
- the first arc running piece 180 extends rightward and downward from the first arc running end portion in the first direction X and the second direction Y through the first arc extinguishing device 140 to the second arc running end portion. Because the first arc running piece 180 passes through the first arc extinguishing device 140 , the first arc running piece 180 can guide the electric arc into the first arc extinguishing device 140 more quickly and effectively, thus improving the arc extinguishing performance of the breaker.
- the first arc running end portion is located on the first side (i.e., inside) of the first arc extinguishing device 140
- the second arc running end portion is located on the second side (i.e., outside) of the first arc extinguishing device 140 , which is opposite to the first side.
- a notch is provided in the arc extinguishing grid sheet 141 of the first arc extinguishing device 140 .
- the first arm portion 181 and the curved connecting portion 183 pass through the notches of the plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets 141 of the first arc extinguishing device 140 , so that a projection of the first arc-running grid 180 on the third direction Z at least partially overlaps with projections of the plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets 141 in the third direction Z.
- the second arc running piece 180 ′ is used to guide the electric arc from the second stationary contact 110 ′ to the second arc extinguishing device 140 ′, and includes a third arc running end portion and a fourth arc running end portion.
- the third arc running end portion is disposed adjacent to the second stationary contact 110 ′.
- the second arc running piece 180 ′ extends leftwards and downwards from the third arc running end portion in the first direction X and the second direction Y through the second arc extinguishing device 140 ′ to the fourth arc running end portion.
- the third arc running end portion is located on the third side (i.e., inside) of the second arc extinguishing device 140 ′
- the fourth arc running end portion is located on the fourth side (i.e., outside) of the second arc extinguishing device 140 ′, which is opposite to the third side.
- the second arc running piece 180 ′ passes through the plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets 141 of the second arc extinguishing device 140 ′, so that a projection of the second arc running piece 180 ′ on the third direction Z at least partially overlaps with projections of the plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets 141 on the third direction Z. Therefore, the arc extinguishing performance of the breaker is improved.
- the arc guiding piece 150 is approximately M-shaped, and includes a first arc guiding section 151 and a second arc guiding section 152 both extending in the first direction X.
- the first arc guiding section 151 is arranged between the movable contact 120 and the first arc extinguishing device 140 in the second direction Y to guide the electric arc from the movable contact 120 to the first arc extinguishing device 140 .
- the second arc guiding section 152 is arranged between the movable contact 120 and the second arc extinguishing device 140 ′ in the second direction Y to guide the electric arc from the movable contact 120 to the second arc extinguishing device 140 ′.
- An opening is provided in the arc guiding piece 150 , so that the movable contact 120 passes through the opening and moves.
- the arc guiding piece 150 is an integral piece.
- the first stationary contact 110 includes a first parallel section 111 , a second parallel section 112 , and a contact curved section 113 connecting the first parallel section 111 and the second parallel section 112 .
- the first parallel section 111 extends in the second direction Y within the housing 190
- the second parallel section 112 extends out of the housing 190 in the second direction Y.
- the first stationary contact portion 114 is disposed on the first parallel section 111 of the first stationary contact 110 .
- the second stationary contact 110 ′ includes another first parallel section, another second parallel section, and another contact curved section connecting the first parallel section and the second parallel section.
- the second stationary contact portion 115 is disposed on the first parallel section of the second stationary contact 110 ′.
- the first magnetic resistance piece 160 is positioned between the first parallel section 111 and the second parallel section 112 of the first stationary contact 110 in the first direction X.
- the first magnetic resistance piece 160 extends parallel to the first parallel section 111 of the first stationary contact 110 .
- the second magnetic resistance piece 160 ′ is positioned between the first parallel section and the second parallel section of the second stationary contact 110 ′ in the second direction Y.
- the second magnetic resistance piece 160 ′ extends parallel to the first parallel section of the second stationary contact 110 ′.
- FIG. 3 shows an enlarged view of a part of the dotted line box A-A in FIG. 2
- FIG. 4 shows an enlarged view of the first magnetic resistance piece 160 and the first parallel section 111 of the first stationary contact 110 in FIG. 2 .
- the shortest distance L 1 between the movable contact 120 and the first arc guiding section 151 is approximately equal to the shortest distance L 2 between the first arc guiding section 151 and the arc extinguishing grid sheet 141 .
- the first movable contact portion 121 , the first stationary contact portion 114 , the second movable contact portion 120 and the second stationary contact portion 110 ′ are all flat surfaces.
- the distance L 3 between the first arc running piece 180 and the arc guiding piece 150 in the first direction X is the shortest. In the first direction X, the distance L 3 between the first arc running piece 180 and the arc guiding piece 150 is approximately equal to the distance L 4 between the first movable contact portion 121 and the first stationary contact portion 114 upon the movable contact 120 being at the open position.
- the first movable contact portion 121 is closer to the first stationary contact 110 than the arc guiding piece 150 in the first direction X, and the shortest distance L 5 between the first movable contact portion 121 and the arc guiding piece 150 at the open position is approximately equal to the shortest distance L 1 in the second direction Y between the movable contact 120 and the first arc guiding piece 151 .
- approximately refers to that the distances between the two pairs of components are equal to each other, but a small error is allowed, so that the two pairs of components have balanced arc guiding performance.
- the distance L 6 between the first magnetic resistance piece 160 and the first parallel section 111 of the first stationary contact 110 in the first direction X is less than 0.5 mm.
- An embodiment according to the present disclosure further provides a contactor, which includes a breaker, such as a plurality of breakers.
- a contactor which includes a breaker, such as a plurality of breakers.
- the breaker is the abovementioned breaker.
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- The present application claims priority of China Patent application No. CN201922351222.9 filed on Dec. 24, 2019.
- The present disclosure relates to a breaker.
- Breaker is an important component in a contactor and the like, the breaker includes a movable contact and a stationary contact, the movable contact moves to contact and disconnect with the stationary contact to control the on and off of a circuit.
- Upon the movable contact and the stationary contact being disconnected, an electric arc may be generated, and a device for guiding and extinguishing the electric arc needs to be provided. Further, it is needed to optimize the position, shape and orientation of these devices to improve the arc extinguishing performance.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a breaker, which includes: a first stationary contact, including a first stationary contact portion; a movable contact, including a first movable contact portion; an actuating member, connected to the movable contact to actuate the movable contact to move in a first direction between an open position and a closed position, at the open position, the first movable contact portion being spaced apart from the first stationary contact portion, at the closed portion, the first movable contact portion being in contact with the first stationary contact portion; a first arc extinguishing device, including a plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets; a first arc running piece, extending from a first arc running end portion of the first arc running piece arranged adjacent to the first stationary contact portion through the first arc extinguishing device to a second arc running end portion of the first arc running piece, to guide an electric arc from the first stationary contact to the first arc extinguishing device; and an arc guiding piece including a first arc guiding section extending in the first direction, the first arc guiding section being arranged between the movable contact and the first arc extinguishing device in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, to guide an electric arc from the movable contact to the first arc extinguishing device. The second arc running end portion of the first arc running piece and the first arc guiding section are arranged at opposite sides of the first arc extinguishing device in the second direction.
- For example, in some embodiments, the breaker further includes: a housing, completely accommodating the movable contact, the first arc extinguishing device, the first arc running piece and the arc guiding piece, and accommodating at least a part of the actuating member and the first stationary contact. The actuating member extends to an outside of the housing in the first direction, the first stationary contact extends to the outside of the housing in the second direction.
- For example, in some embodiments, the plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets are spaced apart in the second direction, and extend into sheets in the first direction and a third direction, the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. Each of the arc extinguishing grid sheets is provided with a notch. The first arc running piece extends from the first arc running end portion to the second arc running end portion and extends away from the first stationary contact portion in both the first direction and the second direction, and the first arc running piece extends through notches of the plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets.
- For example, in some embodiments, the first arc running piece is rounded L-shaped.
- For example, in some embodiments, the first arc running end portion is welded to a free end of the first stationary contact close to the first stationary contact portion.
- For example, in some embodiments, the first movable contact portion and the first stationary contact portion are both flat surfaces, and a distance between the first arc running piece and the arc guiding piece is the shortest in the first direction. In the first direction, the distance between the first arc running piece and the arc guiding piece is approximately equal to a distance between the first movable contact portion and the first stationary contact portion upon the movable contact being at the open position.
- For example, in some embodiments, in the second direction, a shortest distance between the movable contact and the first arc guiding section is approximately equal to a shortest distance between the first arc guiding section and the arc extinguishing grid sheets.
- For example, in some embodiments, the first movable contact portion is a flat surface. Upon the movable contact being at the open position, the first movable contact portion is closer to the first stationary contact than the arc guiding piece in the first direction, and upon the movable contact being at the open position, a shortest distance between the first movable contact portion and the arc guiding piece in the first direction is approximately equal to a shortest distance between the movable contact and the first arc guiding section in the second direction.
- For example, in some embodiments, the first stationary contact includes a first parallel section, a second parallel section, and a contact curved section connecting the first parallel section and the second parallel section. The first parallel section extends in the housing in the second direction, and the second parallel section extends out of the housing in the second direction. The first stationary contact portion is arranged on the first parallel section of the first stationary contact.
- For example, in some embodiments, the breaker further includes a first magnetic resistance piece. The first magnetic resistance piece is positioned between the first parallel section and the second parallel section of the first stationary contact in the first direction. The first magnetic resistance piece extends in the second direction and is spaced apart from the first parallel section by a distance of less than 0.5 mm in the first direction.
- For example, in some embodiments, the breaker further includes: a second stationary contact, including a second stationary contact portion; a second arc extinguishing device; and a second arc running piece configured to guide an electric arc from the second stationary contact to the second arc extinguishing device. The movable contact further includes a second movable contact portion, at the open position, the second movable contact portion being spaced apart from the second stationary contact portion, and at the closed position, the second movable contact portion being in contact with the second stationary contact portion contact. The arc guiding piece further includes a second arc guiding section extending in the first direction, the second arc guiding section being configured to guide an electric arc from the movable contact to the second arc extinguishing device. The first stationary contact and the second stationary contact, the movable contact, the first arc running piece and the second arc running piece, the arc guiding piece, the first arc extinguishing device and the second arc extinguishing device are in mirror arrangement with respect to an axis in the first direction. The arc guiding piece, the movable contact and the actuating member are formed to be axisymmetric.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a contactor, which includes the abovementioned breaker.
- In order to more clearly explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following drawings that need to be used in the embodiments will be briefly introduced. It should be understood that the following drawings only show some embodiments of the present disclosure, so they should not be regarded as limiting the scope of protection. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other relevant drawings can be obtained as claimed in these drawings without any creative effort.
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FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a breaker according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 2 shows an internal plan view of a breaker according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in which a second half shell of the breaker is not shown to show the internal configuration of the breaker; -
FIG. 3 shows an enlarged view of a part of the dotted line box A-A inFIG. 2 ; and -
FIG. 4 shows an enlarged view at a first magnetic resistance piece and a first parallel section of a first stationary contact inFIG. 2 . - In order to make objects, technical details and advantages of embodiments of the present disclosure clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments will be described in a clearly and fully understandable way in connection with the related drawings. It is apparent that the described embodiments are just a part but not all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Based on the described embodiments herein, those skilled in the art can obtain, without any inventive work, other embodiment(s) which should be within the scope of the present disclosure.
- Unless otherwise defined, the technical terms or scientific terms used in this disclosure shall have their ordinary meanings as understood by those with ordinary skills in the field to which this disclosure belongs. The words “first”, “second” and the like used in this disclosure do not indicate any order, quantity or importance, but are only used to extinguish different components. Similar words such as “comprising” or “including” refer to that the elements or objects appearing before the word cover the listed elements or objects appearing after the word and their equivalents, without excluding other elements or objects. “up”, “down”, “left”, and “right” are only used to express the relative positional relationship. When the absolute position of the described object changes, the relative positional relationship may also change accordingly.
- At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a breaker, which includes: a first stationary contact including a first stationary contact portion; a movable contact including a first movable contact portion; an actuating member connected to the movable contact to actuate the movable contact in a first direction to move between an open position and a closed position, at the open position, the first movable contact portion being spaced apart from the first stationary contact portion, at the closed position, the first movable contact portion being in contact with the first stationary contact portion; a first arc extinguishing device includes a plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets; a first arc running piece extending from a first arc running end portion of the first arc running piece arranged adjacent to the first stationary contact portion through the first arc extinguishing device to a second arc running end portion of the first arc running piece, to guide an electric arc from the first stationary contact to the first arc extinguishing device; an arc guiding piece including a first arc guiding section extending in a first direction, the first arc guiding section being arranged between the movable contact and the first arc extinguishing device in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, so as to guide an electric arc from the movable contact to the first arc extinguishing device. The second arc running end portion of the first arc running piece and the first arc guiding section are arranged at opposite sides of the first arc extinguishing device in the second direction.
- According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the arc extinguishing performance of the breaker is improved by reasonably configuring the positions, orientations, and the like of various components in the breaker. In addition, the breaker has a compact structure and small occupied volume.
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FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a breaker according to the present disclosure, which shows the appearance of the breaker.FIG. 2 shows an internal plan view of a breaker according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As illustrated byFIG. 1 andFIG. 2 , the breaker includes a housing 190, a contact assembly, an actuatingmember 130, arc 140,140′,extinguishing devices 180,180′, an arc guidingarc running pieces piece 150 and 160,160′.magnetic resistance pieces - Specifically, the housing 190 includes a first half shell 191 and a second half shell 192. The housing 190 is used to accommodate the contact assembly, the actuating
member 130, the arc 140,140′, theextinguishing devices 180,180′, thearc running pieces arc guiding piece 150 and the 160,160′.magnetic resistance pieces FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the interior of the breaker, in which the second half shell 192 is removed to show the interior of the breaker. Referring toFIG. 2 , a first direction X (up-down direction in the figure), a second direction Y (left-right direction in the figure) and a third direction Z (direction perpendicular to the paper surface in the figure) can be defined, and they are perpendicular to each other. - In an example, the contact assembly includes one first
stationary contact 110, one secondstationary contact 110′ and onemovable contact 120. The firststationary contact 110 includes a first stationary contact portion 114 (or a first stationary contact point), the secondstationary contact 110′ includes a second stationary contact portion 115 (or a second stationary contact point), and themovable contact 120 includes a first movable contact portion 121 (or a first movable contact point) corresponding to the firststationary contact portion 114 and a second movable contact portion 122 (or a second movable contact point) corresponding to the secondstationary contact portion 115. For example, the firststationary contact portion 114, the secondstationary contact portion 115, the firstmovable contact portion 121 and the secondmovable contact portion 122 are all flat surfaces, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. The firststationary contact portion 114 and the firstmovable contact portion 121 constitute a first group of contact portions, and the secondstationary contact portion 115 and the secondmovable contact portion 122 constitute a second group of contact portions. For example, the firststationary contact portion 114 and the firstmovable contact portion 121 face each other in the first direction X, and the secondstationary contact portion 115 and the secondmovable contact portion 122 face each other in the first direction X. - The first
stationary contact 110 and the secondstationary contact 110′ are J-shaped, which generally extend in the second direction Y, and a part of each of the firststationary contact 110 and the secondstationary contact 110′ oppositely extends out of the housing 190 in the second direction Y, thereby allowing an external circuit to be electrically connected to the two 110,110′.stationary contacts - The
movable contact 120 extends in the second direction Y, and the firstmovable contact portion 121 and the secondmovable contact portion 122 are located at both ends of themovable contact 120. For example, themovable contact 120 may include a movable contact body and an iron cap. - The actuating
member 130 passes through an opening in the middle of themovable contact 120 and is fixedly connected to themovable contact 120, and the actuatingmember 130 moves in the first direction X to actuate themovable contact 120 to move between an open position (referring toFIG. 2 , for example) and a closed position in the first direction X. A part of the actuatingmember 130 extends upward out of the housing 190 in the first direction X. - The breaker also includes
171,172, which include aguide members first guide member 171 and asecond guide member 172, which are spaced apart by a distance in the first direction X. Thesecond guide member 172 is disposed at an opening of the housing 190, and the actuatingmember 130 extends out of the housing 190 through the opening. Thefirst guide member 171 is disposed below themovable contact 120. Themovable contact 120 is positioned between thefirst guide member 171 and thesecond guide member 172. - Upon the
movable contact 120 being at the closed position, the firstmovable contact portion 121 of themovable contact 120 is in contact with the firststationary contact portion 114 of the firststationary contact 110 to form electric connection, and the secondmovable contact portion 122 of themovable contact 120 is in contact with the secondstationary contact portion 122 of the secondstationary contact 110′ to form electric connection, so as to turn-on a current path from the firststationary contact 110 to the secondstationary contact 110′ through themovable contact 120. Upon themovable contact 120 being at the open position, the firstmovable contact portion 121 of themovable contact 120 is spaced apart from the firststationary contact portion 114 of the firststationary contact 110 for insulation, and the secondmovable contact portion 122 of themovable contact 120 is spaced apart from the secondstationary contact portion 115 of the secondstationary contact 110′ for insulation. The current path from the firststationary contact 110 to the secondstationary contact 110′ through themovable contact 120 is turned-off. - Upon the
movable contact 120 moving from the closed position to the open position, an electric arc may be generated between the firstmovable contact portion 121 and the firststationary contact portion 114 and the secondmovable contact portion 122 and the secondstationary contact portion 115. Therefore, it is needed to provide a device for guiding and extinguishing the electric arc to guide the generated electric arc away from the 110,110′ and thestationary contacts movable contacts 120 and extinguish the electric arc, so as to prevent the ablation and potential safety hazard of components such as the 110,110′ and thestationary contacts movable contacts 120. - In the present embodiment, the
140,140′, thearc extinguishing devices arc guiding piece 150 and the 180,180′ are provided to guide and extinguish the electric arc. Through the reasonable setting of each component (e.g., position, size, shape, etc.), the breaker becomes compact, for example, fully occupies the space volume, and the arc extinguishing performance is improved, for example, the arc dead time is reduced, the arc blowing performance is improved and the arc zero crossing times is reduced.arc running pieces - In an example, the
140,140′ include a firstarc extinguishing devices arc extinguishing device 140 and a secondarc extinguishing device 140′, which are respectively used for the above-mentioned first group of contact portions and second group of contact portions. The 180,180′ include a firstarc running pieces arc running piece 180 and a secondarc running piece 180′, which are respectively used for the above-mentioned first group of contact portions and second group of contact portions. The 160,160′ include a firstmagnetic resistance pieces magnetic resistance piece 160 and a secondmagnetic resistance piece 160′, which are respectively used for the abovementioned first group of contact portions and second group of contact portions. The actuatingmember 130 and thearc guiding piece 150 are commonly used by the above-mentioned first group of contact portions and second group of contact portions. - In an example, the first
stationary contact 110 and the secondstationary contact 110′, themovable contact 120, the firstarc running piece 180 and the secondarc running pieces 180′, thearc guiding piece 150, the firstarc extinguishing device 140 and the secondarc extinguishing device 140′, and the firstmagnetic resistance piece 160 and the secondmagnetic resistance pieces 160′ are in mirror arrangement with respect to the axis in the first direction X. Furthermore, thearc guiding piece 150, themovable contact 120 and the actuatingmember 130 are formed to be axisymmetric, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. - However, the present disclosure is not limited to the symmetrical arrangement, and other arrangement forms may be adopted. For example, in an example, the contact assembly only includes one stationary contact (e.g., the first stationary contact 110) and one
movable contact 120, and a current path is turned-on and turned-off through the contact and separation between themovable contact 120 and thestationary contact 110. Themovable contact 120 extends out of the housing 190 to electrically connect with one end of an external circuit, and thestationary contact 110 extends out of the housing 190 to electrically connect with the other end of the external circuit. - Hereinafter, the case where the breaker has a symmetrical form is taken as an example to describe the breaker according to the present disclosure.
- For example, the first
stationary contact 110 and the secondstationary contact 110′ may be approximately the same, the firstarc running piece 180 and the secondarc running piece 180′ may be approximately the same, and the firstarc extinguishing device 140 and the secondarc extinguishing device 140′ may be approximately the same. Therefore, only the firststationary contact 110, the firstarc running piece 180, the firstarc extinguishing device 140 and the firstmagnetic resistance piece 160 will be described in detail below, and the descriptions of the firststationary contact 110, the firstarc running piece 180, the firstarc running piece 140 and the firstmagnetic resistance piece 160 can also be applied to the secondstationary contact 110′, the secondarc running piece 180′ and the secondarc extinguishing device 140, respectively. - As illustrated by
FIG. 2 , the firstarc extinguishing device 140 includes a plurality of arcextinguishing grid sheets 141. In this example, the firstarc extinguishing device 140 includes six arcextinguishing grid sheets 141, which may be other numbers, such as less than five or more than seven. The arcextinguishing grid sheets 141 are spaced apart from each other in the second direction Y, and extend in sheet shapes in the first direction X and the third direction Z. Due to the orientation of the firstarc extinguishing device 140, the volume of the breaker is reduced and the arrangement of various components of the breaker is more compact. - Similarly, the second
arc extinguishing device 140′ includes a plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets arranged spaced apart from each other in the second direction Y. - The first
arc running piece 180 is used to guide the electric arc from the firststationary contact 110 to the firstarc extinguishing device 140. For example, the firstarc running piece 180 has a rounded L-shape, and includes afirst arm portion 181 having a first arc running end portion extending in the second direction Y, a second arm portion 182 having a second arc running end portion extending in the first direction X, and a curved connecting portion 183 connecting the first arm portion and the second arm portion. - The first arc running end portion is disposed adjacent to the first
stationary contact 110. For example, the first arc running end portion is welded to a free end of the firststationary contact 110 close to the firststationary contact portion 114. Therefore, the arc guiding performance of the arc running piece can be enhanced. - The first
arc running piece 180 extends rightward and downward from the first arc running end portion in the first direction X and the second direction Y through the firstarc extinguishing device 140 to the second arc running end portion. Because the firstarc running piece 180 passes through the firstarc extinguishing device 140, the firstarc running piece 180 can guide the electric arc into the firstarc extinguishing device 140 more quickly and effectively, thus improving the arc extinguishing performance of the breaker. In the second direction Y, the first arc running end portion is located on the first side (i.e., inside) of the firstarc extinguishing device 140, and the second arc running end portion is located on the second side (i.e., outside) of the firstarc extinguishing device 140, which is opposite to the first side. - For example, a notch is provided in the arc
extinguishing grid sheet 141 of the firstarc extinguishing device 140. Thefirst arm portion 181 and the curved connecting portion 183 pass through the notches of the plurality of arcextinguishing grid sheets 141 of the firstarc extinguishing device 140, so that a projection of the first arc-runninggrid 180 on the third direction Z at least partially overlaps with projections of the plurality of arcextinguishing grid sheets 141 in the third direction Z. - Similarly, the second
arc running piece 180′ is used to guide the electric arc from the secondstationary contact 110′ to the secondarc extinguishing device 140′, and includes a third arc running end portion and a fourth arc running end portion. The third arc running end portion is disposed adjacent to the secondstationary contact 110′. The secondarc running piece 180′ extends leftwards and downwards from the third arc running end portion in the first direction X and the second direction Y through the secondarc extinguishing device 140′ to the fourth arc running end portion. In the second direction Y, the third arc running end portion is located on the third side (i.e., inside) of the secondarc extinguishing device 140′, and the fourth arc running end portion is located on the fourth side (i.e., outside) of the secondarc extinguishing device 140′, which is opposite to the third side. The secondarc running piece 180′ passes through the plurality of arcextinguishing grid sheets 141 of the secondarc extinguishing device 140′, so that a projection of the secondarc running piece 180′ on the third direction Z at least partially overlaps with projections of the plurality of arcextinguishing grid sheets 141 on the third direction Z. Therefore, the arc extinguishing performance of the breaker is improved. - The
arc guiding piece 150 is approximately M-shaped, and includes a firstarc guiding section 151 and a secondarc guiding section 152 both extending in the first direction X. The firstarc guiding section 151 is arranged between themovable contact 120 and the firstarc extinguishing device 140 in the second direction Y to guide the electric arc from themovable contact 120 to the firstarc extinguishing device 140. The secondarc guiding section 152 is arranged between themovable contact 120 and the secondarc extinguishing device 140′ in the second direction Y to guide the electric arc from themovable contact 120 to the secondarc extinguishing device 140′. An opening is provided in thearc guiding piece 150, so that themovable contact 120 passes through the opening and moves. For example, thearc guiding piece 150 is an integral piece. - The first
stationary contact 110 includes a firstparallel section 111, a second parallel section 112, and a contactcurved section 113 connecting the firstparallel section 111 and the second parallel section 112. The firstparallel section 111 extends in the second direction Y within the housing 190, and the second parallel section 112 extends out of the housing 190 in the second direction Y. The firststationary contact portion 114 is disposed on the firstparallel section 111 of the firststationary contact 110. - Similarly, the second
stationary contact 110′ includes another first parallel section, another second parallel section, and another contact curved section connecting the first parallel section and the second parallel section. The secondstationary contact portion 115 is disposed on the first parallel section of the secondstationary contact 110′. - The first
magnetic resistance piece 160 is positioned between the firstparallel section 111 and the second parallel section 112 of the firststationary contact 110 in the first direction X. The firstmagnetic resistance piece 160 extends parallel to the firstparallel section 111 of the firststationary contact 110. - Similarly, the second
magnetic resistance piece 160′ is positioned between the first parallel section and the second parallel section of the secondstationary contact 110′ in the second direction Y. The secondmagnetic resistance piece 160′ extends parallel to the first parallel section of the secondstationary contact 110′. - The positions of the various components are properly set, to obtain good arc extinguishing performance.
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FIG. 3 shows an enlarged view of a part of the dotted line box A-A inFIG. 2 , andFIG. 4 shows an enlarged view of the firstmagnetic resistance piece 160 and the firstparallel section 111 of the firststationary contact 110 inFIG. 2 . - Referring to
FIG. 3 , for example, in the second direction Y, the shortest distance L1 between themovable contact 120 and the firstarc guiding section 151 is approximately equal to the shortest distance L2 between the firstarc guiding section 151 and the arcextinguishing grid sheet 141. - For example, the first
movable contact portion 121, the firststationary contact portion 114, the secondmovable contact portion 120 and the secondstationary contact portion 110′ are all flat surfaces. The distance L3 between the firstarc running piece 180 and thearc guiding piece 150 in the first direction X is the shortest. In the first direction X, the distance L3 between the firstarc running piece 180 and thearc guiding piece 150 is approximately equal to the distance L4 between the firstmovable contact portion 121 and the firststationary contact portion 114 upon themovable contact 120 being at the open position. - For example, upon the
movable contact 120 being at the open position, the firstmovable contact portion 121 is closer to the firststationary contact 110 than thearc guiding piece 150 in the first direction X, and the shortest distance L5 between the firstmovable contact portion 121 and thearc guiding piece 150 at the open position is approximately equal to the shortest distance L1 in the second direction Y between themovable contact 120 and the firstarc guiding piece 151. - Here, “approximately” refers to that the distances between the two pairs of components are equal to each other, but a small error is allowed, so that the two pairs of components have balanced arc guiding performance.
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FIG. 4 , for example, the distance L6 between the firstmagnetic resistance piece 160 and the firstparallel section 111 of the firststationary contact 110 in the first direction X is less than 0.5 mm. - An embodiment according to the present disclosure further provides a contactor, which includes a breaker, such as a plurality of breakers. For example, the breaker is the abovementioned breaker.
- The scope of the present disclosure is not limited by the above-described embodiments, but by the appended claims and their equivalents.
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